2009/10/20 Pradeep Srinivas <pradeep.srini...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > On Monday 19 October 2009 21:18:37 Harold Fuchs wrote: > > jomali wrote: > <<<SNIPPED>>> > > > steven.kopisc...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >> Andreas Saeger wrote: > > >>> Tony Li wrote: > <<<SNIPPED>>> > > Hmm. I can get drag & drop to work on a selection of cells but not > > on a selection of *rows* or *columns*. If I drag while a *column* > > or *row* is selected, the selection just gets bigger or smaller - > > rows/columns are added or removed from the selection depending on > > the direction of the drag. What am I missing here? > > > Harold, > > If you click on a column "header" or a row "header" [namely the "A", > "B", "C" etc for a column and 1, 2, 3 for the rows] to select the > whole column [or row], click and hold the mouse over the selected > cells in the column [or row] - which would, in this case, be all the > cells in the column/row - then, you can drag the column/row. > > Is this what you were wanting to do, or have I missed the point > entirely ? In the latter case, my apologies. > > Yes. The "trick" I was missing is that if you select a whole column, then to drag it you must position the cursor within the selected cells and *not* within the column heading. Same for rows. If you try to drag while the cursor is within the heading then all that happens is that the selection expands.
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